Posted on 08/19/2020 9:55:02 PM PDT by BenLurkin
An international team of researchers have discovered a dense, cold gas that's been shot out from the center of the Milky Way "like bullets".
Exactly how the gas has been ejected is still a mystery, but the research team, including Professor Naomi McClure-Griffiths from The Australian National University (ANU), say their findings could have important implications for the future of our galaxy.
The study also raises new questions about what's happening in our galactic center right now.
The center of the Milky Way is home to a massive black hole, but it's unclear whether this black hole has expelled the gas, or whether it was blown by the thousands of massive stars at the center of the galaxy.
The research has been published in the journal Nature.
The gas was observed using the Atacama Pathfinder EXperiment (APEX) operated by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile.
(Excerpt) Read more at phys.org ...
Good... Maybe when we really get into space exploration we can stop there to fill up.
Is it regular or ethyl?
Does the gas dissolve Liberals?
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Black hole flatulence ?
Don’t blame Uranus.
Only took seven. Excellent.
Ok. I won’t blame Obama either
I wouldn’t let Uranus off the hook. Methane makes up a good deal of Uranus’s atmosphere.
Methane is real stinky stuff.
The Great Blorg ate too many space beans.
Stinky gas around Uranus. Who knew?
Just got home from work at 2AM, looked up and I’ve never before saw the Milky Way in more detail.
It was awe-inspiring. I love living in a rural area.
It’s what most of Uranus is made of. None of the other planets want to hang out near Uranus.
The Atlantic Ocean is about eight miles due east of my backyard here in southern NJ.
I used to be able to to see a patch of one of the spiral arms of The Milky Way.
Haven’t noticed it lately though. Weird.
He who smelt it....dealt it.
Nice.
Seen it myself once or twice.
I thought black holes were so dense not even light could escape. How can the expel gas?
Maybe Uranus is Lactose Intolerant.
Pardon my, but I couldn’t help snickering.
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